Originally Posted by
gmid2006
I will be flying on Cathay Pacific most of the time but will also fly on United and China airline. I will be using Mileage for business class but just wondering if the extra mileage is worth it to get First Class instead of Business. The flight will be about 13-14 hours and I hope I will be sleeping most of the time since I usually pick early morning flight around 1am or so. Thanks
For United, the different between business and first isn't all that great. In the new configuration, both business and first class have lie-flat seats, on-demand entertainment, amenity kits and so on. The differences between them are small- First gets a nicer kit and better food selection and the seat is more enclosed and suite-like. On the planes that haven't been updated yet, the differences are a bit greater since the business class seats are cradle-style and not lie-flat.